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ATHENS, Greece— Greece will prioritize debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund, some of which come due in March, but repayments to the European Central Bank are "in a different league" and will need discussion with Greece's creditors, the country's finance minister said. In an interview with The Associated Press on Saturday, Yanis Varoufakis also said...

Euro zone finance ministers have approved a four-month extension of Greece's bailout. David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, says negotiations will continue to happen for a long time, despite the extension.

BRUSSELS— Greece cleared a major hurdle Tuesday in its ongoing battle to remain solvent as its European creditors approved a 4- month extension to its financial bailout— but the cash-strapped country has much more to do to convince its partners that it deserves longer-term help beyond the summer. The country's creditors in the 19- country eurozone endorsed...

ATHENS, Greece— Caught between its own defiant campaign pledges and pressure from creditors, Greece's left-wing government is due to propose a list of reforms to debt inspectors late Monday to get final approval for an extension to its rescue loans. In return, Greece would have to commit to budget measures meant to keep a lid on debts and improve the economy.

Discussing the Greek debt negotiations, Anthony Chan, chief economist and managing director at Chase, says that the four-month bailout extension means only "breathing" space for Greece and there is a lot of "tough work" still ahead.

BRUSSELS— Following weeks of recrimination and distrust, Greece and its creditors in the 19- nation eurozone reached an agreement Friday on extending the country's rescue loans, a move that should dramatically ease concerns it was heading for the euro exit as soon as next month. The agreement, which looked a long way off Thursday when one German official...

Edmund Shing, global equity portfolio manager at BCS Asset Management, says the European Central Bank is heaping more pressure on the Greek government by indirectly leaking the potential for capital controls.

BUCHAREST, Romania— Romania plans to start cutting taxes from next year to boost economic growth and increase living standards. Finance Minister Darius Valcov said sales tax would be slashed from 24 percent to 20 percent from 2016.. Romania has reined in spending since implementing a tough austerity program in 2009. Economic growth slowed at the end of 2014..

NEW YORK— The U.S. stock market edged mostly lower on Wednesday, easing back from its latest all-time highs. The markets barely budged following the midafternoon release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting. "The market had really gathered steam around a June tightening date, the minutes seem to have walked that back a bit," said David Lafferty,...